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The information technology industry has a complexity problem, and it is leading to deeper conversations among thought leaders around how to solve it. The days of building applications on one server using a monolithic architecture have transformed into developing numerous microservices, packaging …
AWS’ Clint Crosier strives to make the world a better place from space
It was through leaps in technology that the U.S. space program was able to land humans on the Moon in 1969. Over half a century later, technology is again transforming the space industry in major ways. While commercialized space flight companies such …
DigitalBits announces decentralized exchange to further liquidity and tokenization
DigitalBits is preparing to roll out a 100% decentralized exchange and open-source platform that is built on its own blockchain. DigitalBits is a protocol that can tokenize any asset on its blockchain. At the end of July, the company announced the NicoSwap …
Barracuda Networks targets industrial IoT, operational technologies for cloud and application security
A new survey released by Barracuda Networks Inc. has found that organizations are struggling to protect operational technology, and they are getting hacked as a consequence. The report. titled “The State of Industrial Security in 2022,” was conducted by independent market researcher …
Cisco leverages Snort 3 and Talos to manage trust in an evolving cloud-based world
Hybrid and multicloud computing environments have redefined the trust boundary. In the computer world, a trust boundary serves as an interface for the marking on a data packet that is allowed to flow through a network. Remote work by remote users and …
Three insights you might have missed from the AWS Summit New York event
Amazon Web Services Inc. demonstrated its own resilience during its Summit New York event on July 12. Although the scheduled keynote speaker for the Summit, chief technology officer Werner Vogels, was unable to attend, AWS’ principal developer advocate, Martin Beeby, stepped in …
Analysts hear calls for layered protection and new security models at AWS re:Inforce 2022
An expanding number of cloud services, including instances, infrastructure and small applications have added a note of urgency to enterprise security, and this will demand new approaches. This was one of the clear takeaways from the keynote session at AWS re:Inforce, cloud …
Oracle adds new chapter for multicloud story through cloud database service with Microsoft
It was inevitable in a multicloud world that cloud providers would begin to combine services into a seamless whole for customers, and two major information technology industry heavyweights took a step in that direction this month. Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp. jointly …
Wasabi’s ‘hot cloud storage’ gains traction as data security strategies evolve
Events during a week in May last year provide a strong case for immutable data storage. On May 7, 2021, the computerized gas, diesel and home heating fuel system owned by Colonial Pipeline Inc. was hit by a ransomware attack that forced …
How Red Hat’s new CEO Matt Hicks revealed his view of IT through interviews with theCUBE
With his elevation this month to become the next chief executive of Red Hat Inc., Matt Hicks joined a select club of enterprise leaders well-known in tech circles but perhaps not as familiar to corporate America or the general business press. Like Arvind …